by Gregor Maehle | Nov 26, 2014 | Anatomy/Rehabilitation, Asana
The recent post about rehabilitation of knee injuries saw me receive requests to handle shoulder injuries next. I will also soon cover hamstring tears at the ischial tuberosity. Most shoulder injuries are caused through rapid movements performed under load. Tears of...
by Gregor Maehle | Nov 19, 2014 | Kundalini, Meditation and Samadhi, Pranayama
I am getting a fair amount of enquiries relating to strange, very intense body symptoms, sometimes involving loss of consciousness, incredible surges of energy, burning sensations accompanied by emotional highs and discharges in some cases uncontrolled catharting....
by Gregor Maehle | Nov 14, 2014 | Asana, Ashtanga Yoga, Mythology
I was asked about my thoughts regarding the name of the first posture in the Advanced A series of postures in Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga. K P Jois calls this posture Vishvamitrasana and the second posture Vasishtasana whereas BKS Iyengar has the names the other way around...
by Gregor Maehle | Nov 14, 2014 | Asana, Ashtanga Yoga
Hatha Yoga is the physical dimension of yoga, its two main disciplines being posture and breath work. But Hatha Yoga is not – or at least historically was not – a style of yoga that reduced it to the physical aspect. In the beginning there was only the one yoga,...
by Gregor Maehle | Nov 14, 2014 | Asana, Ashtanga Yoga, Pranayama
As the four Vedas were originally one, so all yoga in the beginning constituted one single system, sometimes called Maha Yoga, the great yoga. The separation into Bhakti, Karma, Hatha, Raja Yoga etc. is artificial, as they are only aspects of the one yoga. The various...